Open AccessPrimary neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast with liver and bone metastasis detected with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran,
Vyshak Mohanan,
Deepu Shibu,
Edathuruthy Kalarikal Radhakrishnan,
Ajit Shinto
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.125768
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , metastasis , breast carcinoma , bone metastasis , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , carcinoma , nuclear medicine , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
Cases of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the breast have been reported, though rare. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman presented with jaundice and evaluated to have liver metastasis from neuroendocrine origin. She underwent whole body positron emission tomography/computed tomography, which showed left breast lesion and bone metastasis. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of breast revealed a NEC. A diagnosis of a primary NEC of the breast was rendered with hepatic and bone metastasis. She was treated with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and is on follow-up.